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Iron Trades faces staff cuts.
Staff at Iron Trades are bracing themselves for "hundreds of redundancies" following QBE's operation...
CSC begins Polaris electRa roll-out.
CSC HAS started its roll-out of Polaris-integrated software to its electRa user base. The software h...
Professional interest.
Professional status was again under the spotlight at last month's BIBA Conference in Edinburgh. However, temperatures rose as Simon Bolam opened proceedings with a diatribe on the contentious issue of pricing. Tim Collison reports.
Appointment at CSC.
CSC has appointed Phil Ashton (above) intermediary sales manager responsible for sales and account m...
Appointment at Independent.
Mark Stephenson, who joined Independent in 1995, has been appointed city sales manager with responsi...
Appointment at Smithson Mason.
Smithson Mason has promoted Neil Durrant and Garry Grace to its board of directors. Mr Durrant heads...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Harrogate-based brokers Smart and Cook has made Julia Triccas an assistant director. Now responsible...
Camberford rises to the challenge.
Richard Sheikh's aim is to take his company Camberford Law into the top 50 independent brokers. Shona Cronin finds out how he plans to do it.
Seasons change for Folgate.
Following a nine-month review of its household account, Folgate Insurance has enhanced its Seasons p...
Appointment at Ansvar.
Following the reorganisation of its field operations, Ansvar has appointed Leigh Ide as regional man...
Drawing in the e-crowds.
E-commerce was high on last month's BIBA Conference agenda, but having a website is only part of the story for brokers, there is also the question of how to get potential customers to access it.
Making house calls.
The government's move to bring mortgages into the FSA's regulatory field has come as a shock to existing lenders. But, it will open up the market to smaller intermediaries offering MPPI cover at competitive prices, says Keith Sankey.
Chartered broker status to be launched in 2001.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is aiming to introduce chartered insurance broker status by the be...
Wessex bought by City firm.
Stuart Alexander has bought Bournemouth-based Wessex Insurance Brokers, taking its gross written pre...
Independent Insurance to launch Absolute 2.
Independent Insurance is to relaunch its Absolute Tour concept with Absolute 2. The tour will use tw...
IIP for Hencilla Canworth.
Croydon-based independent intermediary Hencilla Canworth has achieved the Investors in People accred...
Towergate acquisitions go on.
Towergate Underwriting Group has denied speculation that it is in discussions to acquire Cheltenham-...
Online Competition.
In PB's latest online competition, sponsored by Independent Insurance, we are giving away two VIP ti...
Appointment at Permanent Insurance.
Phil Calvert has taken on the newly-created role of head of national accounts at Permanent Insurance...
Boorman: support from new IOB team.
The Insurance Ombuds-man Bureau has made five appointments to support principal ombudsman Tony Boorm...
New technologies are on the horizon that will help the ambitious
The news is full of emerging technologies that could have a dramatic effect on the way insurance is ...
Budgeting for tax changes.
Q: What are the effects of the capital gains tax changes announced in the recent Budget?
Planning is the source of a good business.
Q: I am thinking of setting up a company to provide a lead source to insurance brokers. What is the best way to go about it?
Holman becomes HML.
Holman Marketing has been officially rebranded as HML Marketing following its acquisition by Cox Ins...